OLD BUILDINGS
NEW FORMS
NEW DIRECTIONS IN
ARCHITECTURAL
TRANSFORMATIONS
Frangoise Astorg Bollack
Foreword by Kenneth Frampton
TIIK MONACKI.I.I PKKSS
6 FOREWORD
8 INTRODUCTION
65 PARASITES
For Tom Killian 23 INSERTIONS
and to the memory
68 Chesterwood Gallery and
26 172 Duane Street
of my parents,
Visitor Center
New York, New York
Marcel Astorg and Massachusetts
Stockbridge,
Raymonde Astorg 32 La Centrale Restaurant
74 Fire and Police Station
Beirut, Lebanon
Berlin, Germany
38 Champollion Museum
82 Sharp Center for Design
Figeac, France
Toronto, Canada
46 DOMA Gallery
88 Rucksack House
Baltimore County, Maryland
Bamberg, Germany
52 S(ch)austall/S(h)owroom
94 Culture Bunker
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Frankfurt, Germany
58 New York University
100 Gemini Residences
Philosophy Department
Islands Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark
New York, New York
106 802 Ninth Avenue
New York, New York
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Franchise Astorg Bollack and
The Monacelli Press
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The Monacelli Press
Library of Congress
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ISBN 9781580933698
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113 WRAPS 141 JUXTAPOSITIONS 179 WEAVINGS
116 Le Fresnoy National Studio 144 Musee des Beaux-Arts 184 Temporary Contemporary
for Contemporary Art Lille, France Museum of Contemporary Art
Le Fresnoy, France Los Angeles, California
150 Higqins Hall, Pratt Institute
122 House on Bunny Lane Brooklyn, New York 190 Mass MoCA
Bernardsville, New Jersey North Adams, Massachusetts
156 Library Expansion
128 Santa Caterina Market Nembro, Italy 198 Monastery for the
Barcelona, Spain Brothers of Tilburg
162 Empty Nest Vught, The Netherlands
134 Wohlfahrt-Laymann House Newton, Massachusetts
Frankfurt, Germany 204 Mill City Museum
166 Royal Ballet School Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bridge of Aspiration
London, England 212 Neues Museum
Berlin, Germany
172 Maison Folie
Mons, Belgium 222 NOTES
223 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
224 ILLUSTRATION
CREDITS